Screaming Into the Void (Tuesday, January 15th, 2019)

Tony Budny pens SCREAMING INTO THE VOID and looks at the best in writing and social media conversation around the biggest issues in beer. If you feel something should be included, have a tip, or just want to sound off, feel free to look him up on Twitter @DrinksTheThings or email DCBeer.

Earlier, someone mistook that blueish colored can as Bud Light and panic ensued, as if it mattered what beer a member of Congress tried to take onto the House floor. But as you can see, it is indeed Westbrook and this member is from South Carolina. None of this should be surprising.

It’s Allagash White and it's coming in cans to select markets where people drink a ton of it. Do you want to see it in cans where you are? Well, drink it in bottles and on draft first, hosers, what do you think this is, a charity?

Two well-known breweries are embroiled in a lawsuit but not for the usual reasons. This seems much more serious than the usual C&D.

If you remember from previous Voids in a past life, this space dedicated words to ridding beer culture of the exclusionary toxicity of things like sexist labels and racism. Let’s see how that went while I was gone.

Each week, Tony Budny pens SCREAMING INTO THE VOID and looks at the best in writing and social media conversation around the biggest issues in beer. If you feel something should be included, have a tip, or just want to sound off, feel free to look him up on Twitter @DrinksTheThings or email DCBeer.

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